Team Lilt Spotlight: Josie Pang

by Han Mai
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What is your role at Lilt?

I work on sales, marketing and customer success at Lilt. I’m incredibly excited by our product and its potential, so I’m thrilled to be working alongside our translators and sharing our technology with the world.

What drew you to work in translation?

I love making meaningful human connections and deeply understanding the viewpoints of others, especially if they differ from my own.

I want to help the world build more cross-cultural human connections that are free from misunderstanding, misinformation and communication barriers. I was therefore drawn towards translation work and transformative language technology, because I believe that reducing language frictions is one of the first steps towards this.

What do you wish other people knew about Lilt?

I wish everyone knew just how passionate the Lilt team is about our translators and the wonderful work that they do. We push hard everyday to make our products even more helpful for our translators, whilst ensuring that translation work continues to be incredibly fulfilling & enjoyable. Please give us a shout if you want to chat! We’re all ears :)

What are you currently reading?

“Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language” by Bill Bryson
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